noun · feminine

posias

Greekπόσις (posis)

Strong’sG4213

drink

stem posi-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

drink2×drinking1×

What it means

πόσις, -εως, ἡ

(< πίνω), [in LXX: Da, LXX TH 1:10 (מִשְׁתֶּה)*;]

1. prop., drinking: Ro 14:17, Col 2:16 (v. Lft.; ICC, in l.).

2. = πόμα, drink: Jo 6:55 (cf. βρῶσις).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4213 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpos'-is

a drinking (the act), i.e. (concretely) a draught

Fromfrom the alternate of G4095;

King Jamesdrink.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	posias2×πόσις	posiais
object accusative	posian	posiain
direct address vocative	posiar	posiair
of, belonging to genitive	posiau	posiaiu
to, for dative	posia1×πόσει	posiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

posistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

posia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

posias“drink”subjectnominative singular2×

John 6:55“drink”tas gar sarxas mu alēthas atō brōsias, kai tem haimem mu alēthas atō posias.For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

Romans 14:17“drinking”ouk gar atō tas basileias tou theou brōsias kai posias, alla dikaiosunas kai eirēnas kai charas en pneume hagie;For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

posia“drink”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:16“drink”Mē oun tinos vin krinatōr en brōsia ē en posia ē en mere heortau ē noumēniau ē sabbateiu,Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.